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Festive holiday hot cocoa bar has lots of possibilities

by Kathy Hamman Miller Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 3 1/2 cups powdered dry whole milk of choice 1 lb. box confectioners sugar 1 cup powdered vanilla coffee…

Editor December 17, 2023

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Army Bob: Environment movement a war on meat?

by Robert M. Traxler “The FAIRR Initiative (FAIRR) is a collaborative investor network that raises awareness of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in the global food…

Editor December 14, 2023

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Yes It’s True: We are well entertained, not informed

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” — Eleanor Roosevelt I first learned of this terrific quote in 1965 in high school when bookkeeping teacher Freda…

Editor December 11, 2023

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A hearty chili can get rid of those cold weather blues

Bring on the cold weather with this hearty, family favorite chili recipe. With having a smoother sauce, it works great also when you’re making chili dogs, just top with a…

Editor December 10, 2023

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Army Bob: What really is the No. 1 threat today?

by Robert M. Traxler What is the greatest threat to our nation, to our continued existence? Let’s name a few that are in the media today: fentanyl, climate change and…

Editor December 7, 2023

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Yes, It’s True: Reality slew the optimism of the 1960s

“There will come a time when everybody who is lonely will be free to sing and dance and love. There will come a time when every evil that we know…

Editor December 5, 2023

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Ranger Rick, Rob Reiner agree on JFK assassination

Politics makes strange bedfellows indeed. I have been listening to unabashed liberal Rob Reiner’s podcast, “Who Killed JFK?” And I found it to be eerily similar to information in a…

Editor December 2, 2023

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Army Bob: Activists ignore world pollution elsewhere

by Robert M. Traxler To take a walk down memory lane, some 30 years ago, the cause celeb was saving the Amazon Rain Forest. It was said that the plants…

Editor December 1, 2023

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Yes It’s True: We cannot escape pesky telemarketers

I received yet another Spam phone call on my cell phone this morning, and all the memories came flooding back. It supposedly was from some Police Officers Association of America,…

Editor November 28, 2023

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Army Bob: Climate change actually is nothing new

by Robert M. Traxler "Millennials, and Gen Z and all these folks wo come after us, are looking up and we're like 'the world will end in 12 years if…

Editor November 23, 2023